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Artist:David Bowie
Tour:Serious Moonlight
Venue:Lang Park
City:  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date:Wednesday, 16 Nov 1983
Collection:  Attended     Wishlist 
Community: 1 Attended


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1David Bowie7.0  Rate
2The Models5.0  Rate


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Number: 801108  THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: Lee Wrecker
Description: Ticket


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Lee Wrecker
26th Feb 2016
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I saw Bowie's first tour of Australia in Nov.1978 and it was magnificent. It was the same band and stage set up as the Stage live album and set included everything from the album plus Jean Genie, Alabama Song, Rebel Rebel and probably others as well. There were two sets and three encores and the whole thing was a tour de force. So when he returned in '83 I was well primed for a second helping. I'd heard the live worldwide broadcast of the Canadian show that promoted the tour and was very impressed. My brother was working in the hotel Bowie was staying at had guaranteed me an invite to the after show party.
So everything was perfect but I hadn't banked on the impact that new noise laws would have on the show. The council had set a 100dB limit on all shows just prior to Bowies arrival. A passing motorbike registered 104 dBs just before the show started. The support act the Models were past their prime but were OK if a bit on the quiet side. When Bowie hit the Stage the crowd registered 110 dBs but Bowie and his band kept to the limit and when heard my foot tapping along to "Starman" I realised this was no rock 'n' roll show and despite the fabulous sets, slick playing and a good performance from Bowie in difficult circumstances the whole thing whimpered to an anticlimactic end. Keyed up for the after party my brother was organising cabs outside the venue, who are you going with he asked me as I shambled out. I was so pissed off I told him I couldn't be arsed and toddled off home. Couldn't be arsed to meet Bowie, damn you Brisbane City Council.

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